A. The Admissions
Policies and Academic Standards Committee shall consist of the following
members:

One faculty representative, from the Undergraduate Coordinating Council
(UCC), chosen by the faculty of the Undergraduate Coordinating Council.

One faculty representative shall be appointed by the curriculum committee
of each undergraduate degree-granting college except the College of Liberal
Arts
and Sciences;

Two faculty representatives shall be appointed by the curriculum committee
of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;

Three student members selected by the Admissions Policies and Academic
Standards Committee (APASC) from nominees submitted by the student advisory
committees of the undergraduate degree-granting colleges. Student membership
shall include at least one native and one transfer student;

One advisor elected by and from the persons with overall responsibility
for undergraduate student advisement in each of the undergraduate degree-granting
colleges. The person shall be a voting member.

Faculty members shall serve a three-year renewable term beginning in the
fall semester. Terms of college appointees shall be staggered. Student
members on
the committee shall serve one-year renewable terms beginning in the fall
semester.

The chair shall be elected by the voting members of the Academic Policies
and Academic Standards Committee and shall serve a one-year term beginning
in the
fall semester.

B. Duties

1. Within the policies defined by the Illinois Board of Higher Education,
the Board of Trustees, the University Council, and the Undergraduate Coordinating
Council
(UCC), to review and, as necessary, recommend to the Undergraduate Coordinating
Council changes in undergraduate policies and regulations dealing with
(1)
admission to impacted and restricted programs and (2) retention, both in
the university and in particular programs;

2. Recommend guidelines governing college, school, and department
policies regarding admission, retention, academic standards, and graduation
requirements for
their individual programs; and establish a process by which such policies
will be reviewed by the next higher level of academic authority;

3. Study and make recommendations regarding the impact of college,
school, and department admission, retention, and academic standards policies
upon other
academic units of the university;

4. Recommend a procedure by which individual student progress toward
graduation will be continually monitored;

5. Make recommendations for the improvement of the university's undergraduate
advisement policies and procedures;

6. Make recommendations as needed to improve coordination among the
UCC, the office of Community College Relations, and the persons with overall
responsibility for undergraduate student advisement in each of the undergraduate
degree-granting colleges;

7. Coordinate the policies and procedures of the college reinstatement
committees, and, if necessary, recommend changes in university policies
regarding the work
of such committees;